Apple Inc. (AAPL) Siri "Will Stay Behind" If Secrets Aren't Broken

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is now one of the top firms in the study of Artificial Intelligence in the world. You wouldn’t know that from scientific journals, nor from the firm’s press releases. Apple, unlike other major AI investors Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) keeps its work secret. New info suggests that’s one of the reasons the firm is where it is today, but it’s also something the firm is paying heavily for. Scientists like to publish their work, and they like to get recognition for the knowledge they add to that of the world as a whole. Apple, with its preference for keeping its AI research secret, doesn’t allow its researchers to publish in scientific journals. Similar rules seem to be enforced at the likes of Facebook and Google, but…